Guide · Italy

Sardinia: Nuraghi, Coasts and Historic Towns

See Sardinia through Cagliari’s Castello district, Su Nuraxi, La Maddalena and Cala Goloritzé before exploring Alghero and ancient Tharros.

6 days6 stopsModerate pace

The trip, in order

Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.

Day 1

Castello district

Cagliari

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    Cagliari Castello District

    Cagliari Castello District is a historic urban or coastal place centred on Cagliari, where streets, buildings and landscape can be read together rather than as a single monument. Cagliari developed through successive medieval, early modern and modern phases, and the historic centre still preserves parts of that layered street pattern and architectural fabric.

    Duration
    150 minutes suggested
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    Opening or access arrangements can vary by season, weather, events and public holidays; check the official source before travelling.Opening hours not verified — check before visiting.Website / visitor information
Day 2

Nuragic Sardinia

Barumini

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    Su Nuraxi di Barumini

    The central tower, surrounding settlement and defensive structures make Sardinia’s nuragic building tradition visible at close range. The nuraghe complex developed during the Bronze Age and later prehistoric periods and is one of the key archaeological sites for understanding Sardinia’s nuragic culture.

    Duration
    150 minutes suggested
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Day 3

Island archipelago

La Maddalena

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    La Maddalena Archipelago

    La Maddalena Archipelago is a major natural or cultural landscape around La Maddalena, combining distinctive terrain with long-established patterns of settlement, farming, walking or recreation. The present landscape around La Maddalena is the result of long geological and environmental processes, later shaped in places by farming, settlement, transport and recreation.

    Duration
    180 minutes suggested
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Day 4

Cala Goloritzé

Baunei

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    Cala Goloritzé

    Cala Goloritzé is a major natural or cultural landscape around Baunei, combining distinctive terrain with long-established patterns of settlement, farming, walking or recreation. The present landscape around Baunei is the result of long geological and environmental processes, later shaped in places by farming, settlement, transport and recreation.

    Duration
    180 minutes suggested
    Price
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Day 5

Catalan-influenced old town

Alghero

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    Alghero Historic Centre

    Alghero Historic Centre is a historic urban or coastal place centred on Alghero, where streets, buildings and landscape can be read together rather than as a single monument. Alghero developed through successive medieval, early modern and modern phases, and the historic centre still preserves parts of that layered street pattern and architectural fabric.

    Duration
    150 minutes suggested
    Price
    Check current official information
    Start time
    Choose a start time that suits your day.
    Opening or access arrangements can vary by season, weather, events and public holidays; check the official source before travelling.Opening hours not verified — check before visiting.Website / visitor information
Day 6

Tharros peninsula

Cabras

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    Tharros Archaeological Site

    Tharros Archaeological Site is an archaeological site in or near Cabras where surviving structures and material remains reveal earlier phases of Italian and Mediterranean history. Tharros developed as a Phoenician and later Carthaginian and Roman settlement on the Sinis Peninsula, leaving layered remains beside the Sardinian coast.

    Duration
    150 minutes suggested
    Price
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    Start time
    Choose a start time that suits your day.
    Opening or access arrangements can vary by season, weather, events and public holidays; check the official source before travelling.Opening hours not verified — check before visiting.Website / visitor information